Wild Reeds

Wild Reeds

1994. France. Directed by André Téchiné. Screenplay by Téchiné, Olivier Massart, Gilles Taurand. With élodie Bouchez, Gaël Morel. Set in the French countryside shortly after the Algerian war, this moving story of lost innocence centers on a sensitive, intelligent teenage boy who falls in love with a handsome farm boy. Coming between them, both sexually and politically, is their teacher's daughter, Maïté, an ardent Communist, and their classmate Henri, a pied noir militantly opposed to Algerian independence. In French; English subtitles. 110 min.

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